Antiflooding attachment for carburetors



Feb. 22, 1938. F. E. MICHAEL ANTIFLOODING ATTACHMENT FOR CARBURETORS Filed April 20, 1937 Inventor 77E, Michael A ttorn eus Patented Feb. 22,1938 I i l UNITED STATES PATENT-{OFFICE ANTIFLOODING ATTACHMENT FOB CABBUBETORS Ferris Earl Michael, Rozel, Kans. Application April 20, i937, Serial No. 138,034 2 (01. 131-21) The present invention relates to carburetors to said float chamber. Accordingly when the and has for its principal object to .provide an front end of the truck is elevated, as by mounte anti-flooding attachment to prevent flooding of ing an inclined surface the fuel from the float theengine when the latter is tilted and is dechamber will pass therefrom through the pipe 5 signed primarily for use upon engines for trucks l into the reservoir I l and thus prevent the fuel used for hauling and dumping grain or the like from being drained from the float chamber under circumstances where the truck is driven through the pipe 8 into the intake manifold. upon a ramp or lift for the purpose of accom- When in this inclined position fuel will be alplishing the dumping action. lowed to continue through the pipe 8 into the in- 10 A further object is to provide an anti-flooding take manifold during the normal operation of 10 attachment of this character of simple and practhe engine and when the truckis returned to its tical construction which may be mounted in opnormal level condition the fuel from the reseratlve position upon the engine without neceservoir II will be drained back into the float sitating any material changes in construction chamber in a manner as will be readily apparent.

thereof, which is efhcient and reliable in opera- It is believed the details of construction and 15 tion and otherwise well adapted for the purposes manner of operation of the device will be readily for which the same was intended. understood from the foregoing without further Other objects'and advantages reside in the dedetailed explanation. tails of construction as more fully hereinafter The present embodiment of the invention has described and claimed, reference being had to been described in considerable detail merely for 20 the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, the purposes of exemplification since in actual wherein like numerals refer to like parts. practice it attains the features of advantage throughout and in which: enumerated as desirable in the statement of the Figure l. is a side elevational view of a carinvention and the above description.

buretor showing the anti-flooding attachment in What is claimed is:

position with respect thereto. 1. An anti-flooding attachment for carburetors Figure 2 is a top plan view of the anti-flooding comprising a normally empty fuel reservoir supreservoir. v ported rearwardly of. the float chamber of the Referring now to the drawing in detail, carburetor and normally above the horizontal 0 wherein for the purpose of illustration I have plane of the. level of fuel in the float chamber disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invensaid reservoir having a capacity substantially tion the numeral 5 designates an internal comequal to that of the float chamber and a drain bustion engine having an intake manifold 6 compipe connecting said float chamber with the resmunicating therewith, to the front side of which ervoir for draining fuel from the float chamber is secured the float chamber 1 of a carburetor into the reservoir when the float chamber is 35 having communication with the intake manifold tilted above the plane of the reservoir. by a pipe 8. I 2. An anti-flooding attachment for carburetors In carrying out the present invention the botcomprising a normally empty fuel reservoir suptom portion of the float chamber 1 is provided ported rearwardly of the float chamber of the 40 with an opening to which is attached a pipe carburetor and normally above the horizontal 40 nipple 9 having a copper or flexible tube l0 conplane of the level of fuel" in the float chamber nectedthereto, said tube communicating with a I said reservoir having a capacity substantially tank or reservoir ll supported upon a bracket equal to that of the float chamber and a drain l2 attached to the intake manifold 6. The upper pipe connecting said float chamber with the resi portion of the tank II. is provided with an air er oir for draining fuel from the float chamber 45 vent I: as will be apparent from an inspection into the reservoir when the float chamber is tilted of Fig. l of the drawing the reservoir II is sup above the plane of the reservoir,,and an air vent ported in a position slightly above the horizontal in the upper portion of said reservoir. plane of the normal fuel level in the float cham- 7 her i and in a position re'arwardly with respect FERRIS EARL MICHAEL. 50' 

